Road-cart



'- (No Model.)

H. SOHEHR.

ROAD CART.

Patented Apr. 15,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SCHEHR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,832, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed December 28, 1889. Serial No. 334,780. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HENRY SCHEHR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Carts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in road-carts; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the seat-support, whereby an easy-riding vehicle is obtained with a small amount of horse motion and at small expense, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved cart. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end of one of the side bars, the springs, and connecting parts.

A are the wheels, B the axle, O the shafts, and D the cross-bars, all of known and. usual construction.

E is the seat, which is supported on the ends of the curved seat-bars F. Each seat-bar is provided at its end with an upwardly-projecting offset G and near its end with a downwardly-projecting offset H. Sleeved over the offset Gr is a coiled spring I, bearing against the cross-head I, which is provided with a suitable aperture to allow the passage therethrough of the offset. This cross-head is held in position by means of the vertical bolts J, provided at their lower ends with a suitable eye J, engaged into the corresponding eye K, formed at the upper end of a yoke or plate L, which is secured upon the cross-bar near the shaft. The bolts J and cross-head 1 form an upwardly-extending swinging frame free to swing in any direction, except as limited by the passage through the cross-head of the offset G and of the other connections.

M is a bracket secured at one end to the cross-bar and at the other end upon the shafts, and provided centrally with downwardly-projecting eyes M, in which is secured the swinging frame N, of the same construction as the upwardly-extending swinging frame before described, and consisting of the vertical bolts a and the cross-head b, the latter being provided with a suitable aperture, through which the offset H extends, a spring 0 being sleeved over the oifset and bearing against the cross head at one end and'against the seatbars at the other. I preferably construct these seatbars of piping, and preferably I form both bars of one piece 0, being bent substantially to a U shape to form the main portion of the seat-bars, and provided at its end with a tie d, in lower opening of which is secured the offset H, and in the other opening of which is secured the nipple e, which engages into the elbow f, in the other opening of which is secured the offset G. If desired, this portion of the seat-bars, including the offsets G and H, may be formed of a single piece of cast metal.

P is the grating or foot-rest, of the usual construction, one end secured to the rear portion of the seat-bars and the other to the forward ends of the seat-bars, being provided with suitable slats to form a convenient support for the foot of the rider.

The parts being thus constructed, it is evident that the weight of the rider in the seat E will have the effect to put under compression both the spring I and the spring 0, pressing downward upon the spring 0 and upward upon the spring I. It is also evident that, these springs being sleeved over the offsets and held in position by means of the swinging frame, a limited swinging motion is obtained, which prevents the transmission to the seat of the horse motion in riding, and too great lateral motion is prevented in this swinging frame by the fact that the offsets are guided in their up-and-down motion by passing through the apertures in the crossheads. It is also evident that the tension of the spring may be regulated to suit the rider by turning the nuts g up and down, thereby compressing more or less the springs.

The swinging frame N,with its spring 0 and the offset H, forms a swinging fulcrum, the leverage of the seat-bars working upwardly against the spring I of the upwardly-extending swinging frame, the action of the two springs acting to keep the seat-bars and the seat normally in their horizontal position.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a road-cart, the combination, with the seat and seat-bars, of vertical frames having spring-bearings respectively above and below the bars, and supporting said seat-bars and seat, substantially as described. a

2. In a road-cart, the combination, with the seat and seat-bars, of upwardlyproj ecting 0&- sets at the ends of the bars, a swinging frame in which said oifset slidingly engages, and a spring sleeved over said offset, against which said seat-bars bear, substantially as described. 3. In a road-cart, the combination, with the seat and seat-bars,of upwardly-projecting offsets at the ends of the seat-bars, a swinging frame in which said offset slidingly engages, asprin g sleeved over said offset, against which said seat-bar bears, and a yielding fulcrum for said seat-bars, substantially as described. 4:. In a road-cart, the combination, with the seat and seat-bars, of upward ly-projectin g 01fsets at the ends of the seat-bars, a swinging frame in which said offset slidingly engages, a spring sleeved over said seat-bars, against which said seat-bar bears, and a swinging fulcrum below said seat-bars, having a springbearing, substantially as described.

5. In a road-cart, the combination, with the seat, seat-bars, shafts, and cross-bars, of the yoke L, secured upon the cross-bar, bolts J, cross-head I, having a suitable aperture for the offset G, and a coiled spring I, sleeved upon the offset, substantially as described;

6. In a road-cart, the combination of the following elements: the shafts, cross-bar, seat and seat-bar, offsets G H, yoke L, having eyes E, vertical bolts J, cross-head 1, spring I, nuts g, brackets M, eyes M, bolts to, cross-head b, and spring 0, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 6th day of December, 1889.

HENRY SGllEHR.

Witnesses:

M. B. ODoGHER'rY, P. M. I-IULBERT. 

